Word: narvik
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...British and Norwegians were said to have isolated and surrounded large German units at three points around Narvik in a big drive that was unleashed suddenly late today while, 400 miles to the south along the ragged Norwegian coast, two British armies closed in upon Trondheim from the north and south...
...Norwegian military spokesman said 1000 German soldiers were isolated in the town of Narvik itself, 1500 at Gratanger, 25 miles north of the port where the Nazis were lured into a trap, and nearly 100 on the hills of Rombak Fjord jutting inland from Narvik...
...final assault on Narvik started after a warning had been broadcast to civilians by the British naval commander and leaflets had been dropped from airplanes saying that the Allies were ready to hammer the port from land, sea, and air to oust the Germans...
Before unleashing the assault from the north. It was stated, the British occupied Beisfjord behind Narvik and the fishing village of Falgerness as well as the lower part of the port to enable an encirclement...
...Norwegian spokesman, who said his information came from a courier who reached the Swedish border from the Narvik zone, said the Norwegians set fire to the hotel and all other large buildings in Gratangen, leaving the town ablaze...